We Were Rachael’s Church

Not too long ago I wrote about the testimony of Rachael Denhollander and how she laid down both law and gospel to Larry Nassar after he was convicted of sexually abusing hundreds of gymnasts under the guise of medical treatment.  Her testimony was as powerful as it was clear and left no doubt about the...

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President on Abuse in the SBC

The following except is from an article written by Al Mohler who has been president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for twenty-five years. In his article The Wrath of God Poured Out — The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention, Al is discussing how the SBC has responded to reports of a high-level official's attitude...

Friends of “IDA Know”, “Not Me”, and “Nobody” Make Their Way Into LCC

Way back once-upon-a-time my favorite day of the week was when the weekend newspaper arrived with an extra-large section of full-color comics. A little bit of humor and fun is always welcome and the weekend comics always delivered. Among those strips was the long-lived The Family Circus which had a unique ability to take a single...

What I Expect, What I Want

Around the same time that I wrote the post that became "Calling Church Leaders to Account" I had another exchange with "Paul T" which resulted in a list of what I thought was reasonable to expect and want from LCC. I've cleaned up the original CEF Investors' Forum post and the following is the result....

A Discussion of Stahlke’s 95 Thesis – Part 1

Earlier this week Dr. Les Stahlke - the consultant hired by LCC's CCMS to assist it with restructuring the current District / Synod bodies into one overall whole - posted a document titled "95 Theses for the Re-formation of Lutheran Church-Canada" to the Synod 2017 Convention site. You can read the original article here, and...